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Mergers during the first and second phase of globalization: Success, insider trading, and the role of regulation
Kling, Gerhard - 2004
The merger wave that took place during the first phase of globalization, which lasted from 1895 to 1914, changed the … merger announcements; thereby, a higher market value is the recipe for success and not firm size. Encouraged by the results … values stemming from a merger announcement, another question would arise. Which type of shareholder gains from higher market …
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Bioentrepreneurship in Germany
Patzelt, Holger - 2005
. Problems that may occur during post-merger integration include the incompatibility of the partners? technologies and the … Unternehmen nicht den richtigen Partner findet oder keine Unterst?tzung von seinen Investoren erh?lt. W?hrend der Post-Merger …
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Innovation in local government risk financing: lessons from the UK and Nordic experiences
Hood, John; Stein, William; Valkama, Pekka - 2010
Book abstract: Compared with coverage of organizational innovation, public sector financial innovation has tended to be neglected in the literature. When it has been considered, the strong focus of classical public finance for optimal taxation and tax types has overshadowed new and interesting...
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Economic Development Activities at the Young - Rainey Science, Technology, & Research (STAR) Center
Paul S. Sacco; Carl Smeigh; John Caponiti, Jr. - 2008
Project mission was to mitigate the adverse economic effects of closing the U.S. Department of Energy's Pinellas Plant in Largo, Florida. This project was to facilitate the physical renovation of the plant and to help maintain and create jobs for the employees that worked at the plant when DOE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435494
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Accelerating the Adoption of Second-Tier Reach Standards forApplicable Appliance Products in China
Lin, Jiang; Fridley, David - 2008
The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for 9 products and endorsement labels for 11 products...
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Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunities and Potential Limitations
Bolinger, Mark A; Bolinger, Mark - 2008
Readily accessible credit has often been cited as a necessary ingredient to open up the market for residential photovoltaic (PV) systems. Though financing does not reduce the high up-front cost of PV, by spreading that cost over some portion of the system's life, financing can certainly make PV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435812
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A municipal guide to least cost utility planning
2008
The recent track record of traditional'' electricity planning, which entails selection of supply side resources to meet forecasted demand, has not been good. There are numerous examples of utilities incorrectly forecasting demand and over-building generating capacity while others underestimated...
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New Berkeley Lab Report Tracks a Decade of PV Installed Cost Trends
Barbose, Galen; Peterman, Carla; Wiser, Ryan - 2009
Installations of PV systems have been expanding at a rapid pace in recent years. In the United States, the market for PV is driven by national, state, and local government incentives, including upfront cash rebates, production-based incentives, requirements that electricity suppliers purchase a...
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Tracking the Sun III; The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998-2009
Barbose, Galen; Darghouth, Naim; Wiser, Ryan - 2011
's fourth largest PV market in 2009, behind Germany, Italy, and Japan. The market for PV in the United States is driven by … compares recent PV installed costs in the United States to those in Germany and Japan. Finally, it should be noted that the …
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